The Obamas' Ultimate Music Moments
The First Family rocks out to Lil Jon, Beyoncé and others.
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Turn Down for What?! - First Lady Michelle Obama loves the kids and has been on her health agenda encouraging young'ns to exercise and eat healthy since President Obama took office. Pushing the envelope and tying in popular music, she recently flipped Lil Jon and DJ Snake’s “Turn Down for What” into a health conscious message promoting eating vegetables. Released on The White House’s official Vine account, this hit song has now been remixed into “Turnip for What.” The Obamas got jokes.As Mrs. O forges on with getting the nation to eat right, check out a few more moments when the first family got their groove on and rocked out with musicians. — Michael Harris (@IceBlue VA)(Photo: The White House via Vine)
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Teach Me How to Dougie - Being the mother of two teenage daughters, the first lady has to stay abreast of what's hip. Back in 2011 while promoting her Let's Move! campaign at Alice Dean Middle School in D.C., Mrs. Obama taught the crowd how to Dougie and got her Sasha Fierce on while jamming to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies."(Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
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On the Run - Mrs. O and first daughters Malia and Sasha went on the run to Chicago in July to kick it with The Carters. Mommy and the girls, accompanied by a few Secret Service agents, were in the crowd as Beyoncé and Jay Z tore down Soldier Field. (Photos from left: Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood Entertainment, Yessinia Herrera via Instagram)
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At Last - Queen Bey has lent her voice to several important moments in the Obama administration but her grandest performance had to be in January 2009 when she sang Etta James's classic "At Last" as the president danced with his lovely wife for the first dance at the inaugural celebration. (Photos from left: John Moore/Getty Images, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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One Day It'll All Make Sense - The prez and first lady made it a Chi-Town thing in May 2011 when they invited Common out to The White House to get his slam on for "An Evening of Poetry." Now of course the haters had something to say because Common spoke harshly of former President George W. Bush in the past, but the H.M.I.C. stood his ground and The White House responded, "While the president doesn't support the kind of lyrics that have been raised here, some of these reports distort what Mr. Lynn [Common] stands for more broadly. One of the things the president appreciates is the work Mr. Lynn has done with children, especially trying to get them to focus on poetry as opposed to some of the negative influences of life on the streets."(Photo: Charles Dharapak, File/AP Photo)
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